Oxford Duplication Centre – Corporate, Heritage and Consumer Digitisation Services
Oxford Duplication Centre

Specialists in Digitisation & Digital Preservation

Corporate, heritage and consumer digitisation services delivered from Oxfordshire to clients across the UK, Europe and the USA.

Preserving the past.
Making information accessible for the future.

Oxford Duplication Centre is a multi-award-winning specialist in digitisation and digital preservation, supporting clients across the corporate, consumer and heritage sectors for more than 15 years.

Specialists in complex digitisation

Our highly skilled team of engineers, archive technicians and quality assurance specialists provide professional digitisation solutions for a wide range of analogue and physical media.

From audio and video tape, cine and motion film and photographic material, to historic photographs, books, manuscripts, rare maps and corporate documents, we have the experience and specialist equipment to handle challenging collections.

We understand that every collection is different. Our approach combines careful handling, specialist technology and rigorous quality control to create high-quality digital masters that can be preserved, accessed and shared for years to come.

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Specialist digitisation for valuable and unique collections

Since opening in 2007, Oxford Duplication Centre has developed into a multi-award-winning digitisation company specialising in the conversion, preservation and management of analogue and physical collections.

Based just outside the historic city of Oxford, our specialist team works with organisations, businesses, archives and private clients to transform valuable physical material into high-quality digital files.

From broadcast audio and video tapes to photographic film, historic documents, books and specialist collections, we provide carefully managed digitisation from initial preparation through to quality assurance and digital delivery.

Protecting your information

Security, confidentiality and responsible handling of client material are fundamental to our digitisation process.

Expertise across multiple formats

Our specialist departments bring together professional equipment, experienced technicians and carefully controlled workflows.

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Audio-Visual Department

Professional archiving, digitisation and imaging services for audio and video collections.

We use specialist broadcast and archival equipment, alongside professional audio restoration and quality-control workflows, to create high-quality digital masters from a wide range of analogue formats.

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Photographic Film Department

Digitisation of photographic film and specialist photographic materials, from everyday collections to rare and fragile originals.

We can digitise glass plates, slides, negatives, microfilm and specialist film formats into archival TIFF, RAW, JPEG and PDF outputs.

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Document Scanning Department

Bulk document capture, archive scanning and professional OCR services for corporate and heritage collections.

Our document workflows support searchable PDF creation and a wide range of digital output formats, helping organisations make valuable information easier to access and manage.

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Heritage & Archive Department

Specialist digitisation of books, manuscripts, historic documents, maps, photographs and other valuable collections.

Our team takes a careful approach to fragile and significant material, combining appropriate handling with professional imaging and quality assurance.

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From archive collection to digital files

International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
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Industry guidance

We actively consider recognised archival and preservation guidance when developing workflows for specialist audio-visual collections.

Audio-visual collections →
Optical Character Recognition for document scanning
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Careful handling

Valuable and fragile materials are handled carefully throughout preparation, scanning, digitisation and quality assurance.

Document & archive scanning →
Non Disclosure Agreement for confidential client archives
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Confidentiality

We regularly work with sensitive and valuable collections and can support projects requiring confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.

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Oxford Duplication Centre archive digitisation
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Quality-controlled delivery

Digitised material passes through controlled workflows designed to provide consistent, usable and carefully checked digital outputs.

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Security, compliance and recognition

We understand the importance of trust when handing over valuable documents, personal information and heritage collections for digitisation.

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed scheme designed to help organisations protect against common cyber threats.

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Information Commissioner's Office

Information Commissioner's Office

We recognise the importance of responsible information management and protecting personal data.

Professional imaging and scanning technology

Our studio uses specialist equipment selected for different collection types, from large-format documents and artwork to photographic film and professional archive material.

Contex large format scanner Epson professional flatbed scanner Professional reprographic art scanner
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